Los Angeles International in February 2026

79.1%departed on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In February 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 13,687 domestic departures from Los Angeles International (LAX). 79.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.5% reached their destination on time; 1.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so LAX departures were 1.0 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2025, the airport had 13,788 departures with 83.5% leaving on time: a change of −4.4 points, with flights down 1%.

Flights arriving at LAX that month were on time 79.4% of the time (13,677 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 44%, late-arriving aircraft 34% and national aviation system 19%.

On time 79.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.8%
Cancelled 1.4%
Diverted 0.3%

Every scheduled departure from LAX in February 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2026	Feb 2025	LAX, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2026
Departed on time	79.1%	83.5%	79.0%	78.1%
Arrived on time	79.5%	84.1%	79.0%	78.3%
Cancelled	1.4%	0.7%	0.9%	2.3%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.4 min	12.4 min	15.1 min	15.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	456	460	521	17,168
Scheduled departures	13,687	13,788	190,106	515,037

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	3,294	24%	81.3%	3.3 min	0.8%
DL Delta Air Lines	2,633	19%	79.4%	4.3 min	1.6%
AA American Airlines	2,144	16%	75.9%	7.4 min	2.0%
UA United Airlines	2,010	15%	84.6%	-2.7 min	1.2%
WN Southwest Airlines	1,846	13%	78.1%	3.3 min	0.5%
AS Alaska Airlines	697	5%	82.4%	-2.6 min	0.9%
B6 JetBlue Airways	516	4%	71.7%	4.8 min	6.6%
F9 Frontier Airlines	332	2%	80.7%	5.6 min	0.3%
NK Spirit Airlines	215	2%	62.8%	16.1 min	5.6%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LAX–SFO	Los Angeles to San Francisco	742	69.7%	10.2 min	0.8%
LAX–JFK	Los Angeles to New York	727	68.0%	17.3 min	8.4%
LAX–LAS	Los Angeles to Las Vegas	657	79.1%	5.5 min	0.6%
LAX–PHX	Los Angeles to Phoenix	599	80.5%	7.4 min	0.2%
LAX–SEA	Los Angeles to Seattle	555	86.8%	-8.0 min	0.4%
LAX–DEN	Los Angeles to Denver	550	82.0%	1.5 min	0.5%
LAX–ORD	Los Angeles to Chicago	453	83.4%	-1.6 min	0.0%
LAX–DFW	Los Angeles to Dallas/Fort Worth	444	73.6%	9.0 min	0.9%
LAX–SMF	Los Angeles to Sacramento	403	84.4%	-1.8 min	0.0%
LAX–IAH	Los Angeles to Houston	398	86.2%	-0.7 min	0.3%
LAX–SLC	Los Angeles to Salt Lake City	374	89.6%	0.4 min	0.3%
LAX–HNL	Los Angeles to Honolulu	360	80.6%	3.1 min	0.3%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), February 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	44.4%	38.2%	78,232
Late-arriving aircraft	33.6%	37.2%	59,263
National Aviation System	19.1%	18.5%	33,670
Extreme weather	2.8%	6.0%	4,972
Security	0.1%	0.2%	238

176,375 delay minutes on 2,568 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left LAX on time in February 2026?

79.1% of 13,687 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2025, 83.5% of 13,788 departures left on time and 0.7% were cancelled, against 79.1% and 1.4% in February 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for February 2026; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for LAX · methodology · corrections.